Larussa Suspended 2 Games

August 10, 1985|By Robert Markus.

His players have just returned from a two-day ``vacation,`` and now it`s White Sox manager Tony LaRussa`s turn. LaRussa was suspended for two games Friday for a bumping incident with plate umpire Derryl Cousins in New York last Sunday when Tom Seaver notched his 300th victory.

LaRussa will not appeal the suspension and will serve the two days beginning Saturday night.

``I`m not appealing it,`` he said. ``They`ve been consistent that if you bump someone, you`re gone. There were 54,000 people there who saw it, along with the commissioner and probably Bobby Brown (American League president).``

The incident occurred in the sixth inning when Rudy Law was called out trying to score from second base on a single. LaRussa said the initial contact with Cousins was accidental and that a second bump was ``the emotion of the moment. It was a very emotional day.``